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Visiting Nurses, Helping Mothers on the Margins

Sabrina Tavernise

March 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Infant mortality rates in the US are higher than in Europe, especially for children living in poverty where they are more likely to suffer from abuse or neglect. The ACA funded Nurse-Family Partnership helps poor, first-time mothers learn to be parents and reduce avoidable infant deaths.

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Make School a Democracy

David L. Kirp

February 28, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Colombia, Armenia

In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement.

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How Former Prisoners are Set up to Fail, Especially if They're Women

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

February 25, 2015 |

Cosmopolitan |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

A Department of Justice study reported that about 75 percent of those released in 2005 were rearrested, and women prisoners often have a harder time re-entering society after release. A New Way of Life (ANWOL) is a Los Angeles transitional living facility that has helped more than 750 women stay out of prison by offering housing, case management, mental health and substance treatment, and job training.

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Behind LA's dramatic decline in gang violence

Ann Brenoff

February 24, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In the past, Los Angeles was a dangerous city fraught with gang wars. Lately, though, LA has become a safer city due to six changes enforced by the police cracking down on public violence and gangs.

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How is Europe countering radical Islam?

Peter Ford Sara Miller Llana

February 18, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Teenagers around the world are at risk of indoctrination by Islamic extremism and volunteering to fight for the Islamic state. Different European nations seek to make Islamic extremism unattractive to youth by bolstering surveillance efforts, internet outreach, and teaching the Islam of peace.

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Principal in the Classroom: Can New Orleans make it work?

Peg Tyre

February 18, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

When a New Orleans school principal prioritizes and structures her day to maximizing opportunities to empower her staff and provide targeted professional development so that the teachers can best serve under-performing students and ensure they receive the best education possible.

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How communities are keeping kids out of crime

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

February 15, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Toledo, Ohio

The toll that prison can take on young offenders is often irreversible. Cities and states are moving away from locking up juvenile offenders, offering treatment and other programs to prevent them from becoming hardened criminals.

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Respite From the Storm

Cindy Rodriguez

February 15, 2015 |

WNYC |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Mental health care sometimes takes a backseat to physical treatment. Temporary respite centers, as alternatives to hospitals, could be a big part of the future of mental health care in New York City.

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Let's Diet!

Rosella Lefevre

January 28, 2015 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Challenged by its mayor, Oklahoma City lost a collective 1 million pounds. Philly once tried—and failed— the same thing.

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In Egypt, Sowing Seeds of Gender Equality

Elizabeth Stuart

January 22, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

Muslim women in Egypt are expected to marry young and to stay close to home, and if they do not, they can be subjected to abuse or heavy criticism by men in the household. Save the Children’s Choices program offers educational workshop sessions for boys and girls, ages 10 to 14, which help them explore gender identity. Through discussions, the program hopes to change gender norms.

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